The results of Haiku Contest organized by the Romanian Kukai Group, “Sharpening the Green Pencil” 2012

First Prize the hunter's moon a night is not enough to get the point Artūras Šilanskas Vilnius, Lituania Second Prize falling leaves one by one my old friends Andrea Cecon Cividale del Friuli, Italia Third Prize rattling windows dad gasps his final breath during a blizzard Karen O'Leary West Fargo, U.S.A. Commendation whiz of a scythe in the transparent blueness larks’ undersongs Ljubomir Dragović Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina His roots and branches hold earth and sky together – the old oak tree. Verleyen Herwig Bruges, Belgium sumi-e mountains a blackbird tries to fly from the drying ink Darrell Lindsey Nacogdoches, U.S.A. snow storm – petrified raven travelling on a withered tree Ljubomir Radovančević Zagreb, Croatia in the dream my dead friend has to go winter solstice Bruce Ross Bangor, U.S.A. peach season – the way his foot fits my hand Sandra Simpson Tauranga, New Zealand woodland the silence of history Dietmar Tauchner Puchberg, Austria